A 6-foot-6 strikeout king, he was a star of the Pittsburgh rotation who left batters wary of both his fastball and his ...

One of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1960s, credited with inventing a popular baseball saying, has reportedly passed ...

A former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who had great success with the franchise recently died. Bob Veale, a left-handed pitcher, who pitched for the ...

Bob Veale, a Birmingham native who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox in the 1960s and 1970s, is shown outside Rickwood Field in Birmingham in 2003. Veale died this week at age 89. ...

Billy Wagner is approaching the peak in his climb up Everest. His steady climb to 75% of votes on the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, though it has taken its time, will culminate with this year’s results, ...

The Braves’ first title came all the way back in 1914 when they played in Boston. Known as the “Miracle ... Their first came in 1935 after they lost the previous year’s Fall Classic in ...

A fter the 1918 pennant, the Cubs flailed around for a few years. They had some winning seasons in the early 1920s, but never came closer than 12 games out of first place. The 192 ...

But the Braves? Yes, that really happened, too. It was 1935, the Braves were still in Boston, and Ruth had turned 40 years old. Although he would add six home runs to his total as a member of the ...

Soon enough, a former Boston Red Sox fan-favorite will find a ... They had Pivetta at No. 9 and suggested the Atlanta Braves for Pivetta. “(Chris Sale) was the best pitcher in the National ...

Mike González was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1890. Elected to the Cuban National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955, the catcher ...